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Falcon Fixtures Shine on the Super Bowl
Alpha One’s new 7k Xenon Falcon Beam searchlight shared center field at this year’s Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show where Prince, one of the world's most electrifying performers, performed at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida on Sunday, February 4th.
Emmy Award winning lighting designer Bob Dickinson used 12 of the new Falcons in clusters of three on custom field carts to augment the 12-minute spectacular. The Super Bowl is the nation's highest-rated TV program. More than 141 million viewers watched last year's game in the U.S. alone. This year’s Super Bowl was broadcast to a potential worldwide audience of one billion people in more than 230 countries and territories. The Super Bowl Halftime Show is produced by Don Mischer Productions and White Cherry Productions.
The Falcon Beam, available in 3k to 8k, is a compact, indoor/outdoor, DMX controlled, xenon beam-light with colour changer, shutter, pan-and-tilt movement, electronic and mechanical dimmer, zoom and integrated electronic power supply. It is exceptionally sturdy and cost effective, providing ease of installation and long-term performance integrity. Designed for both floor-mounted and suspended or inverted use, the Falcon Beam is perfect for large events and a variety of architectural and entertainment applications, including use as a skylight or long-throw wash-light.
The Falcon Beam easily converts into a multi-beam “flower” or “night sky” break-up which Alpha One calls Falcon Flower. With the Flower kit option, the designer can achieve either effect using the same fixture body. The Flower front cover includes flower lens, color changer and shutter, and the internal reflector is easily exchanged with simple hand tools in less than 15 minutes.
The use of Falcons on the NFL Super Bowl Halftime Show follows on the heels of many successful applications in Europe and Asia, including the recent Asia Games 2006 in Qatar. Alpha One, of Oyten, Germany, designs, constructs and produces a range of professional high power lighting, specializing in Xenon, Metal Halide and LED products.
TMB is the worldwide distributor for Falcon and other Alpha One products.
5th February 2007
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